CHARLOTTE, N.C.--North Dakota State University's Sam Ojuri has been named to the 40-player 2012 College Football Performance Awards
(CFPA) FCS Running Back Watch List. Ojuri is one of five Missouri
Valley Football Conference running backs in the select group.
Ojuri, a 6-foot, 205-pound junior from Barrington, Ill., rushed 187 times for 1,105 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2011. He had five 100-yard games and averaged 5.9 yards per carry.
In four NCAA playoff games, Ojuri rushed 55 times for 324 yards and three TDs. He gained 136 yards on 17 carries in the 24-0 win over Lehigh University in the quarterfinals.
Ojuri rushed 12 times for a career-high 165 yards including a 95-yard TD run against Saint Francis, Pa. (9-12-11).
North Dakota State won the
program's first NCAA Division I Football Championship with a 17-6 win
over Sam Houston State on Jan. 7 and also claimed the program's first
Missouri Valley Football Conference title. The Bison were 14-1 overall
and 7-1 in MVFC.
The Bison open the 2012 season against Robert Morris at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, in the Fargodome.
College Football Performance Awards FCS Running Back
Watch List
Andrew Smith, Albany
Isidore
Jackson, Bethune-Cookman
Jordan
Brown, Bryant
Darien
Robinson, Citadel
Jordan
McCord, Colgate
Andrew
Pierce, Delaware
Larry
McCoy, Duquesne
Matt
Denham, Eastern Kentucky
Jerodis
Williams, Furman
Kenny
Little, Gardner-Webb
Robert
Brown, Georgia Southern
Dominique
Swope, Georgia Southern
Dawrence
Roberts, Grambling
*Shakir
Bell, Indiana State
Washaun
Ealey, Jacksonville State
Dae'Quan
Scott, JMU
Zach
Barket, Lehigh
Julian
Hayes, Monmouth
Cody Kirk,
Montana State
Dontra
Peters, New Hampshire
Jake
Miller, North Dakota
Sam Ojuri, North Dakota State
Zach
Bauman, Northern Arizona
David
Johnson, Northern Iowa
Chuck
Dibilio, Princeton
Tim
Flanders, Sam Houston State
Fabian
Truss, Samford
Kenny
James, San Diego
Steve
Strother, Southern Illinois
Kyle
Harbridge, St. Francis, Pa.
Marcus
Coker, Stony Brook
Miguel
Maysonet, Stony Brook
Trabis
Ward, Tennessee State
Tevin
Barksdale, UT-Martin
*Terrance
West, Towson
Dominique
Williams, Wagner
C.J.
Tuckett, Weber State
Eric
Breitenstein, Wofford
Donovan
Johnson, Wofford
Mordecai
Cargill, Yale
Jamaine
Cook, Youngstown State
